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Tupac image performs at Coachella [video]
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Re: Tupac image performs at Coachella [video]
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm less creeped out by the technology than by the implications in terms of copyright. What this may mean is that a copyright holder on the image of a person (such as Tupac) will be able to milk that image long after they are dead and potentially without having to pay anyone. When you see Snoop Dogg 'performing' with Tupac you have to wonder where the money is flowing. Tupac's gone, perhaps his family is getting some…
> But what happens when Tupac suddenly records a new song? Somebody has to actually create that work and the performance -- presumably whoever does the work or commissions the work would inform themselves of any licensing issues before embarking on it. I'm curious what you think the ideal scenario here would be?
Rebuilding speech/song based on existing phoneme library (i.e. the discography) is already practical and, like everything else in this domain, has been done long ago in japan: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/12/ueki-loid-speech-synt...
See also Hatsune Miku/Vocaloid, which is a fully artificial pop star that's been selling out shows (as a hologram since 2009)
Re: Tupac image performs at Coachella [video]
#33The technology behind this is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musion_Eyeliner which uses the old Pepper's Ghost trick: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppers_ghost
This led me on a one-hour Wikipedia detour and I now possess detailed development knowledge of Disney's Haunted Mansion theme park ride.
Seriously cool stuff.
Re: Tupac image performs at Coachella [video]
#34somebody should get linus to perform live. I will buy the tickets.
Re: Tupac image performs at Coachella [video]
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's not true. I rely on copyright as the foundation for lots of things (the code I write in my job and it underlies the OSS licenses that I use for code that I release freely). Copyright itself does not worry me. But there are concerning moves to make copyright last essentially indefinitely and in the UK we've recently seen the Olympics be backed up by criminal rather than civil penalties for copyright-related off…
Okay, but none of that is specific to this technology or its use at a concert. You just seem to be taking the opportunity to talk about something vaguely related that you have strong feelings about.
Because discussion of copyright woes related to emerging public technology is obviously a bad thing.
Re: Tupac image performs at Coachella [video]
#36Next step: use it on someone good, like John Lennon or Jimi Hendrix
Re: Tupac image performs at Coachella [video]
#37The technology behind this is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musion_Eyeliner which uses the old Pepper's Ghost trick: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppers_ghost
I can't wait for real animated holography to become available commercially. The static prints that Zebra Imaging makes are already incredible (full color, 90 degree viewing angle, etc) and the video footage of their live table prototype looks nuts, though it needs on the order of 100GBps of hogel data coming into the surface for 3x3ft image...
Re: Tupac image performs at Coachella [video]
#38Next step: use it on someone good, like John Lennon or Jimi Hendrix
Just because you don't like rap doesn't mean your snark is wanted.
Re: Tupac image performs at Coachella [video]
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Re: Tupac image performs at Coachella [video]
#40The technology behind this is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musion_Eyeliner which uses the old Pepper's Ghost trick: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppers_ghost
This led me on a one-hour Wikipedia detour and I now possess detailed development knowledge of Disney's Haunted Mansion theme park ride. Seriously cool stuff.
There's only 37 minutes between my post and your reply :-)